How to Lower My Golf Score : Play to Your Strengths

How to Lower My Golf Score, here are some tips from a fellow golfer on how to use  what you are good at to lower my golf score:

The Problem: I found myself watching what others were doing and defaulting to using similar clubs. e.g driver off the tee, wood from the fairway. However, I was choosing clubs based on the norm and not clubs that I felt comfortable using.

The Outcome: As a consequence I was occasionally hitting awful shots off the tee, therefore finding the rough or the trees. This resulted in additional shots to find the fairway again. Similarly for shots from the fairway, or around the green. I was then getting into bunkers and taking even more shots. It's very frustrating!

Why do I need to focus on this: Playing to your strengths and picking clubs you like and can use helps reduce errors and get the results you want. My best round ever was with a five club challenge. I picked the five clubs that I felt most comfortable and achieved the what I thought the impossible.

Simple Tip:  Firstly, don’t default to driver on every hole, use a club that gives you the best chance of hitting the fairway. On approach shots, choose a club you’re confident with, even if it leaves a longer putt. If you’re in trouble, use a wedge or 7-iron to get back in play rather than attempting a risky shot. Always assess the lie, wind, and hazards before committing. Above all, make decisions that suit your natural shot and avoid clubs or shots you’re uncomfortable with.

What Resources Helped me: I really struggled in three particular areas.

1. Off the tee. I put my driver away, until I got some lessons to help me fix this, and used clubs I could hit and get to the fairway with.
2. On the Fairway. I couldn't use a fairway wood and therefore really struggled often finding the trees or the rough. I bought myself a rescue wood. It was a revelation. It felt good, was very accurate and very forgiving. I could user this wood from anywhere. The best money I ever spend on golf. It's my go to club.
3. Around the green. I really struggled to get on the green from within 100 yards. Previously I only had a pitching and sand wedge, as a result I was either too long or too short. The changing point was that my local golf pro let me try out some wedges.  These helped provide me with a variety of different types of shot that helped breach the distances within 100 yards which makes up for the majority of shots in a round (apart from putting (well get onto that in my next blog)

See what I have recommend below in terms of resources that helped me.